Bangladesh vs Türkiye: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 381 million TIV in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 349 million TIV, or 12 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Türkiye has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Bangladesh.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bangladesh	Türkiye	World
2025	32 million	381 million	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	381 million	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	679 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	187 million	33 billion
2021	60 million	249 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	110 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	742 million	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	476 million	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	427 million	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	324 million	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	446 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	1.53 billion	27 billion
2013	648 million	769 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	1.48 billion	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	794 million	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	469 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	714 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	623 million	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	675 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	524 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	1.08 billion	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	252 million	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	327 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	878 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	501 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	1.18 billion	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	1.73 billion	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	2.62 billion	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	1.51 billion	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	1.49 billion	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	1.56 billion	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	1.89 billion	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	2.33 billion	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	1.87 billion	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	1.29 billion	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	1.24 billion	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	1.03 billion	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	1.63 billion	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	1.43 billion	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	472 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	678 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	549 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	503 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	478 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	726 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	486 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	917 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	984 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	293 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	358 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	640 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	1.28 billion	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	790 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	1.09 billion	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	941 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	396 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	628 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	418 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	593 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	525 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	603 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	839 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	586 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	266 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	322 million	15 billion
1960	–	581 million	15.7 billion

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Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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